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Title
Hits
1066 and All That (1966)
1184
14 Days on Trial (?)
2036
1918: Samoa & the Talune - Ship of Death (2018
939
1951 (2001)
898
20 Dollar Challenge, the (2000-2001)
969
2050, What If? (2002)
1057
25 Years (1985)
2006
A Capital Move (196?)
1196
A Cat Among the Pigeons (1992)
1058
A Certain Madness (1972)
415
A Christmas Album (1963 or 65?)
755
A Christmas Garland I1980)
313
A Far Cry (196?)
1353
A Flying Visit (2002-03)
2706
A Good Joke - Goldie (1986)
952
A Good Way to Die (2009)
995
A Place Like Kingslea (1979)
418
A Portrait of Katherine Mansfield (1988)
473
A Southern Christmas (1973)
297
A Stranger in Our Midst (1967)
1068
A Tall Long Faced Tale (2008)
1119
A Way of Looking (1979)
405
A Word in Your Ear (1981-82)
237
Access (1977-78)
955
Accident and Emergency - Friday Night (1985)
921
Adventure World of Sir Edmund Hillary, the (1974, 77)
1066
Against the Odds (1995)
2552
Agenda for a Small Planet (1981)
278
Ake Ake Ake (2022)
926
All for the Gold (1973)
1125
American Highway (2002-2002)
1762
An Angel Slightly Battered (1967)
1164
An Island Calling (2008)
1062
Anika Moa Unleashed (2018-2023)
860
Another England (1982)
223
Anybody’s Children (1973)
397
Aotearoa 250 (2019)
947
Arbour Day (1979)
431
Art Star and the Sudanese Twins, the (2009)
918
As a Grain of Mustard Seed (1964)
306
As the Twig is Bent (1965)
380
Astronomers' Universe, the (1978)
901
At His Majesty's Pleasure (1980)
306
At the Helm (2002-2002)
1685
Attitude (2005–present)
2031
Auckland International Airport Opening (1966)
458
Be Safe, Be Seen (1971)
376
Beautiful New Zealand (?)
790
Before the Mast (2000)
766
Beginner's Guide to ... (1983–1986)
1964
Berry Boys, the (2014)
484
Beside the Seaside (1975-77)
1303
Best in Show (2005)
1572
Beyond the Darklands (2008-12)
923
Billy T’s America’s Cup (1986)
437
Birth - a discussion (1977)
1171
Birth - with Dr R.D. Laing (1977)
1199
Black Singlet and M.B.E. (1970)
411
Blokes: The Kiwi Male Revealed (2002)
1693
Brother Number One (2011)
1292
Bungay On Crime (1995)
3041
Busted (2002-2003)
2672
Captain's Log (2001-2)
3374
Casketeers, the (2018)
1089
Cave Creek - the Full Story of A National Tragedy (1998)
1386
Challenge (1976)
945
Chasing the Ghost
1408
Children of the Revolution (2007)
882
Cinema of Unease (1995)
1298
Coal Valley (1981)
208
Coast New Zealand (2015-2017)
879
Coasters (2013)
827
Colin McCahon - I AM (?)
1880
Colonial Houses of Christchurch (1962)
387
Come a Long Way (1979)
541
Conflict (1982)
175
Contact (1980-82)
2029
Countdown to Zimbarbwe (1976)
835
Country Calendar (1966-Next Sunday)
8625
Crump (1999)
1004
Curse of the Edgcumbes, the (1985)
335
Dateline (2000-2001)
1619
Dave Dobbyn - One Night in Matatā (2005)
949
David Lomas Investigates (2020-?)
761
Deep Blue: A South Pacific Odyssey (1995)
1022
Destination Disaster - the Sinking of The Mikhail Lermontov (2000)
2263
Director General, the (1970)
411
Distant Shore, the (1963)
1127
Distorted Image, The (15/11/1964?)
309
Dive Whakaari (1981)
208
DNZ (1997 - Now?)
1622
Dream in the Making (1977)
639
Dynamic Planet (2024)
504
E tū Kahikatea (2008 - ?)
798
Edge of Extinction, The (1976)
988
Encounter (30/6/1975-76)
1654
End of a Decade - The Sixties (1970)
415
End Product, the (1980)
323
Enduring Land, the (1990)
688
Epitaph (1996-2001)
5079
Escaping Utopia (2024)
818
ETV (1990-97)
2264
Explorers (2004)
802
Expo '88 (1988)
2241
Expressions of Sexuality (1985)
2274
Fallout (1962)
625
Fast Forward (198?-?)
2159
Fatal Game, the (1997)
3897
Fifty Years of New Zealand Television
6456
Fire and Fury (2022)
724
First Step, the (1982)
224
Five of Us, the (1998)
985
Flare - A Ski Trip (1981)
340
Flight of Fancy (1988)
927
Flyover to Wellington (1971)
355
Four Faces of New Zealand (1981)
208
Four in the Morning (1979)
477
Fred Ladd (1973)
330
Freda White: Born to it (1978)
1045
Freyberg VC (1987)
1863
From Grey to Cardinal Red (1969)
1467
From the Ocean to The Sky (1979)
1034
From the Zoo (?)
1669
From Where the Spirit Calls (1982)
248
Frontier of Dreams (2005)
3236
Funny As (2019)
1100
Get It To Te Papa (2018)
405
Getting to Our Place - Te Papa - Behind Closed Doors (1999)
894
Ghosts (2001)
739
Give it a Whirl (2003, 06)
4440
God, Sreenu and Me (2000)
956
Godzone Two (1980)
385
Gone with The Windscreen (1986)
459
Green Chain, the (2011)
819
Guilty Party, the (1981)
242
Hand-Made (1981)
288
Haunting Douglas (2004)
841
Hayes On... (1978)
918
Hayes over Japan (1977)
896
He Matapihi (2004 - Now)
1595
He Raranga Korero (2004 - Now)
1595
He Tohunga Whakairo (2002)
939
Heartland (1992 - 96)
2154
Helping You to Help Your Child (1979)
351
Henderson to Hollywood (2006)
928
Henderson's Country (1976)
1282
Here and Now (1966)
1385
Here to Stay (2007 - ?)
1742
Hidden In The Numbers (2006)
936
Hidden Places (1977-79)
1485
Hillary: A View from The Top (1997)
1078
Horse Sense (1982)
170
House and The Flagstaff, the (196?)
1257
How the other half lives (2009)
1130
Hum, the (1974)
424
Hunting Horns (1977)
1028
I Am the River (2011)
947
I Confess (1968)
1170
I Miss the ’orses (1963)
330
I Was There (2013)
1090
I'd Rather Be Sailing (1976)
980
Ice (2007)
937
If Could Happen to You (1978)
880
Impressions (1973)
319
In the Shadow of King Lear (1996)
2616
Inside (1968)
1008
Inside New Zealand (1991-Now)
3364
Inside New Zealand Encore (?)
1447
Interns (2004 - ?)
1520
Investigator, the (2008)
1886
Invisible Men, the (1969)
899
Iron Highway (1964)
494
Island of Spirits (1973)
322
Islands of the Gulf (1965)
1710
Issues for Parents (1969)
1177
James Gang Rides Again, the (1990)
1719
Jean Batten - the Garbo of The Skies (1988)
1185
Jesus: The Cold Case (2011)
1089
Joe Brown H.S.O.E. (1974)
422
Johnstone's Journey (1978)
1130
Journey across Latitude 45 South (1985)
1215
Journeys in National Parks (1987)
1125
Kauri, the (1981)
242
Keeping Up With the Kaimanawas (2015)
1396
Kia Ora Bonjour (?)
1488
Kiwi With a Dally Heart (1979)
531
Kiwis At War (?)
1543
Knowledge Breakfast, the (2002)
1417
Land of Birds, the (1979)
276
Landmarks (1981)
2455
Landscape (1968–1969)
1332
Last of the Godwits (1978)
895
Legacy (1987)
845
Let There Be Steam (1974)
375
Life Goes On (?)
1429
Lifting of the Makutu (2005)
1001
Lion Man, the (2004 - 2008)
3776
Living in New Zealand (1970)
410
Longest Winter, the (1974)
2261
Looking at New Zealand (1967-70)
2505
Looking at Sydney (1969)
1332
Lookout (1980s)
1895
Lost Dinosaurs of New Zealand, the (2002)
1119
Lost in Libya (2009)
1320
Lost in the Garden of the World (8/12/1975)
1075
Lost in Wonderland (2009)
874
Lost Landing (1979)
431
Love, Speed & Loss (2007)
1151
Magic Kiwis (1990)
1880
Making Good Men (2017)
1554
Making New Zealand (2014-2019)
1066
Making of Beyond Reasonable Doubt? (1980)
368
Mana Tangata (2004)
1542
Manu Rere (2004)
1418
Margaret Mahy's Rumbustifications (2011)
1128
Marks of Mana (2019)
1009
Massey University (1988-92?)
1543
Maui (1979)
426
McPhail and Gadsby On... (1980)
426
Mega disasters (2010)
1025
Michael King - History Man (2004)
884
Millennium Moments (2000)
938
Million Dollar Tumour (2006)
785
Moa's Ark (1990)
875
Murder on The Blade? (2003)
1180
Mururoa 1973 (1976)
899
Muster, the (2/11/1975)
882
My Year With Helen (2018)
781
Na Ratou, Mo Tatou: They Did It For Us (?)
970
National Treasures (2020-)
412
Network New Zealand (1984)
515
New Zealand 2000 (1989)
1767
New Zealand at War (1995)
2119
New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation, the (1962)
389
New Zealand Now (1977-78?)
682
New Zealand Now (1978-?)
908
New Zealand Wars, the (1999)
3369
New Zealand Woman: Who is She?, The (1966)
1717
New Zealand's Top 100 History Makers (2005)
2546
New Zealanders, The (?)
1477
Nga Ahi Kaa (2004 - Now)
1411
Ngā Morehu - End of An Era (2000)
867
Nga Reo (2003)
1611
Nigel Latta (2014)
1048
No Māori Allowed (2022)
759
No Mean Feat (2002)
915
Nordy Looks Back (1980)
366
North (2011)
861
Now that We're Here (1978)
936
Nuclear Comeback, The (2008)
1024
NZ Wars, Stories of Wairau (2023)
925
NZ Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana (2024)
662
NZ Wars: Stories of Waitara (2019)
1251
NZ Wars: The Stories of Ruapekapeka (2017)
817
Nzsas: First Among Equals (2007)
849
Ocean Zoo (2004)
1148
Off the Grid with Pio (2019)
881
Off the Rails - A Love Story (2005)
3242
Offerings To The God Of Speed (1973)
489
One In A Million (1974)
904
One in a Thousand (1964)
372
One Man's View (1975)
2335
One Pair of Eyes (1978)
1106
One Question - Many Answers (1981)
255
One Turns 40 (2000)
1929
Open Door (1994 - now)
1730
Open House (1977)
703
Operation Disney (1979)
398
Our Big Blue Backyard (2020-23)
694
Our New Zealand (2003)
1515
Our People Our Century (2000)
853
Out of the Dark (1996)
1049
Outlook (1982)
224
Outward Bound (1978)
970
Pacific People (1979)
429
Paradise Revisited (1979)
434
Park Rangers (2002)
1296
Patrick Gower: On Weed (2019-20)
782
Pavlova Paradise Revisited (2002)
1090
People and Places (1967)
1162
People Like Us (1978-1983)
1813
Perfect Age, The (2006)
1963
Peter Mcintyre (1981)
311
Piha Rescue (2004)
1771
Politically Incorrect Guide to Grown Ups, the (2011)
960
Politically Incorrect Guide to Teenagers, the (2011)
1085
Politically Incorrect Parenting Show, the (2011)
1013
Pride and Joy (????)
1323
Prime Presents (?)
1395
Princess Te Puea (1977)
674
Production Line (1980-84)
283
Promise, the (2005)
895
Puhoi Centennial (1963)
732
Pyke for Lunch (1979)
334
Question Mark (1978)
1680
Radar Across The Pacific (2011)
986
Radar's Patch (2010)
1043
Rangitoto (1988)
986
Real Middle Earth, the (2004)
955
Red Mole on the Road (1980)
353
Remand of Ivan Curry, the (1992)
1600
Remembering Sir Ed (2013)
742
Restaurant That Makes Mistakes, the (2023)
835
Revolution (1996)
1018
Richard John Seddon - Premire (1973)
1585
Ruamata: It's More Than Hockey (2024)
732
S.A.R. for Short (1966)
1028
Safety Zone (196?)
743
Sam Hunt: Purple Balloon and Other Stories (2011)
839
Scene (1979)
999
Sciascia (2001)
1020
Science Express (1981)
329
Science in New Zealand (1967)
1109
Scrutiny (197?)
1117
Sealion Summer (1982)
231
Search For Tomorrow (1971-72)
998
Secret New Zealand (2003 - ?)
2124
Sensing Murder (2006 - 2010)
2042
Serious Crash Unit (2004-08)
1663
Shaky Beginnings: The Shaping of New Zealand (2007)
555
Shelly Memorial Lectures (1967)
427
Shipwreck (2000)
795
Shoreline (1979)
414
Sir Edmund Hillary 1919 - 2008
1069
Six Artists of New Zealand (1978)
988
Snotties (?)
2539
Some of My Friends Are... (2003 - Continuing)
1477
Songs from the Inside (2012-2015)
1204
Sons and Daughters (1979 - 1987)
1658
Sons of Tu-Mata-Uenga, the (1981)
300
Sounds and Shape of Praise, the (1973?)
1091
South (2009)
960
SPCA Rescue (2011-now?)
845
Speakeasy (1975-?)
938
Standing in the Sunshine (1986)
1213
Stanley (1979)
438
Steriogram - White Trash to Rock Gods (?)
1634
Stevenson's Stable (1980)
304
Story of 700 Polish Children (1967)
1544
Street, the (1973)
1579
Survey (1971-75)
2148
Survival Test (1978-?)
1657
Survivors (1979)
362
Take a Ship (1966)
334
Taking Off (2004)
1532
Tales from Te Papa (2009)
590
Tales Of Time (2015-?)
798
Tall Trees and the Gold (1966)
1699
Tamaki Brothers In Hog Heaven, the (2002)
2319
Tamaki Madau Rau (1982)
211
Tangata Whenua (1974)
1960
Te Kaha O Te Waiata. The Power of Music (1988)
1082
Te Matakite O Aotearoa: The Maori Land March (26/12/1975)
1144
Te Rangitahi (1971)
367
Te Tau Whakamahara I a Tumatauenga (2006)
893
That the Word Now Stand Part... (1970)
445
The Infinite Sky (1962)
437
Then Again (1985-86)
866
These New Zealanders (1964)
1770
This Is Your Country (1967-68?)
1072
This Is Your Life (1984-2001)
1968
Tihei Mauri Ora (1979)
374
Tiki and the Testament, The (1968)
1165
Time of Our Lives, The (2007)
863
To Live in the City (1968)
1136
Toanga (2006-?)
2098
Tomb of the Unknown Warrior (2004)
1219
Tongues of Fire (1973)
337
Touch Act (2005)
1587
Touch and Go: Battle of Crete 1941 (1981)
354
Toward Tomorrow (1978-80)
957
Towards 2000 (1967)
1145
Towards the Past (1964)
376
Trent's Wildcat Adventures (?)
1982
Twice is Too Much (1977)
821
Uncharted With Sam Neill (2018)
1093
Undercover (?)
1773
Unortho_docs, the (2018)
804
Unsolved (2002)
1526
Up With the Birds (1982)
205
Wahine Disaster, The (2008)
1081
Waka Huia (1987-)
2096
Walkers, the (2021-2022)
692
Way We Are, The (1988-89)
1589
Way We Were, The (1995, 97)
1446
Wayne Anderson - Singer of Songs (2006-2009)
2149
Welcome To... (1978)
880
Whanau (2001, 2008, 2014...)
1808
Whare Māori (2011)
864
What Lies Beneath (2006)
3904
What's Your Verdict? (2005-06)
3488
When Bob Came (2022)
829
When the Cats Away (1987)
915
Where To Now? (1991)
1680
Why am I Me? (1978)
956
Why Am I?: The Science of Us (2016)
1460
Wild About New Zealand (2000-2000)
1665
Wild South, The (1981-97)
3303
Woman (1977)
660
Women in Power - Indira Gandhi (1977)
1101
World at Your Feet (1988)
627
Worshiping in the Hospital (1978)
945
Year that Was, the (1966)
489
Years Back, The (1973)
409
Young Country (1979-1980)
346
Zoo, the (1999-?)
3100
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